1-233-410 - The Museum of East Asian Art/Heritage Images

Brick red pottery model of a house, late Eastern Han dynasty, China, early 3rd century. A brick-red pottery verandahed house with a single set of grooved roof tiles at the back and two overlapping sets of grooved roof tiles in the front. The sides are decorated with five or six differently shaped holes for ventilation. The front door is flanked by pillars topped by typical dougong bracket sets supporting the eaves. The verandah wall is also decorated with six openings on each side.